Chronic understaffing of air traffic control towers may have contributed ... set by the FAA and the controllers’ union. Oakland International Airport appeared more severely understaffed with ...

as they scrutinized the actions of the military pilot and reported that control tower staffing was “not normal” at the time of the country’s worst aviation disaster in a generation.

A commercial air carrier jet was preparing for an early-morning landing at Oakland International Airport ... sufficient staffing at air traffic control towers to safely manage them.